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"Best Mom" Mother's Day Photo Frame.
Instruction
Information
Even though our daughters are now 30+, my wife is still the "Best Mom". Our daughters turned out great, mainly due to my wife's great motherly raising of them.
This table picture frame is a wonderful gift for Mother's Day. You can either paint the accent or engrave it. I painted it.
Instruction
Step1: Prepare Your Project
I didn't paint or stain the frame. However, if you do - paint or stain your wood first.
The “accent” lettering and hearts can either be engraved or painted. The attached project has the blue layer set for score, as this is what I did to paint the accents. Change this to engrave if that's your preference.
Since I was going to paint the accents, I taped the sheet of Basswood with masking tape. Not only does this help prevent scorch marks, but I can also use the tape as a stencil for painting of the accents. That's why the accents are set to “score” in the project.
The attached project is also for 4mm basswood. If you're using a different thickness of material, you'll need to resize the entire project to get the desired slot size for your material.
Step2: Cut Your Project
Cut your pieces (and engrave the accents if that is your choice).
When done cutting, DO NOT remove the masking tape from the main piece that says, “Best Mom”. You want the tape to remain to be used a stencil for your painting of the accents.
Step3: Paint and Glue Together
If you engraved the accent sections, skip to the glueing part below.
If you're going to paint the accents:
Carefully remove the tape from the sections to be painted. I prefer to use an old dental probe to help get the tape off in the small sections.
Once you have the tape off the accent sections, be sure the reaming tape is pressed down firmly. This will help insure clean lines on your painting. Paint the exposed wood.
Glue Your Pieces Together
After the paint is dry, you can remove the tape from all project pieces. Be careful again in removing the tape from the painted piece.
The only glued parts are the back of the photo frame. You'll have a half heart and a half heart outline that gets glued together. When these pieces are dry, this two-part half heart gets glued to the back of the frame. This section creates a space to hold the photo.
Step4: Cut Out Your Photo and Finalize
This is probably the hardest part of this project.
Once you have a photo selected and printed, you'll need to cut the photo into a heart shape that's the right size to fit your frame.
For the attached plan, a 4" photo worked the best. I then traced the heart frame over the photo, then cut the photo out in the heart shape, but allowed about a ¼" larger than the tracing. This allowed me to fine tune the cutting to a get fit into the heart shaped frame.
Insert your photo into the frame and place the frame into its base. Enjoy your final photo frame!
